Key statistics
Satellite SL-14 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13829
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-14 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-14 R/B
International designator: 1987-088B
Object number (NORAD): 18422
Object ID (CCSDS): 18422
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.966 minutes
Inclination: 82.5074 deg
SMA: 6991.524 km
Apoapsis: 625.467 km
Periapsis: 601.311 km
RAAN: 248.8917 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017275
Argument of periapsis: 291.296 deg
Mean anomaly: 68.6411 deg
Mean motion: 14.85063354 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000532 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000593484 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:13 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-14 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 18422U 87088B 25240.48311601 .00000532 00000-0 59348-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 18422 82.5074 248.8917 0017275 291.2960 68.6411 14.85063354 24624
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-14 R/B.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
SL-14 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 62’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 20, 1987, 9:09 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 62
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 20, 1987, 9:09 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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